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Where to Place a Third RSW-15 Subwoofer in My HT


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I recently purchased an RSW-15 in a package deal that included a pair of Cherry RF-7's and an RC-7.  

 

A Trio of LaScalas paired with a Trio of RSW-15's....a total of nine 15" woofers.  At what point do you reach overkill?  NEVER!!!  :emotion-21:

 

Honestly, I never would have dreamed of having anything close to this in my HT when I first began plans for my HT in Oct of 2008.  It's funny to think when I began this audio journey, I went to a Klipsch dealer in Orlando to demo a pair of RB-61's and of course they had a pair of RF-7's in the same room.  "What are those?" I inquired.   Somehow the search for RB-61's ended up changing to getting RF-83's and an RC-64.  It's a slippery slope I tell ya.  :lol:

 

So here are the RF-7's and RSW-15 that I picked up this week.

 

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I am currently have the Dual Maple RSW-15's placed behind my false wall in the corners of the front room.

 

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So now I'm trying to figure out where I want to temporarily place the third RSW-15 until we are able to rebuild the front wall. 

 

I only see 4 options for placement....

 

Option 1:
Placing it in the top, middle cabinet above the screen.  Is this a bad idea?  The reason I'm considering placing it up high is lack of floor space.

 

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Option 2:
If you look at the below image, I could place the third RSW-15 to the left of my front row, in front of the step.  My fear is that someone would be walking through there in the dark and end up kicking the woofer in.  Not sure this would be a good location.  The RSW-12 looks so tiny and cute next to the LaScalas.  Haha

 

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Option 3:
The only other place in the room would be in the front corner behind the false wall on top of one of the Maple RSW-15's

 

Option 4:
In bottom left cabinet door.

 

 

Thoughts and suggestions?

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As always, I love the look of the room and the beautiful speakers.  Is there any room to put them right next to each other on the ground in front and below the screen.  This would be like an array setup and will focus the sound directly at the listeners.  In other word, the sound will not be so omnidirectional.  If not, stack two!

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Thank you Derrick.  As you can see in the photo below, if I have the RSW-15's in between the LaScalas, there is not enough room to squeeze a third RSW-15 in there.  The other reason this will not work is that my receiver and PS3 is behind the bottom right cabinet door.  It used to be behind the bottom center cabinet door until I purchased the third LaScala.  It was a pain not being able to use my remote with the LaScala in the way.

 

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I do sometimes hear Craigslist ads calling my name while I sleep at night.  Is that weird?  Haha

 

Not exactly the easiest speaker to find and you have 3.

I agree.  I could not believe I found a matching Maple RSW-15 when I did....that was even more rare.

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Here was the original ad.  Now you see why I was so persistent and started the At What Point Do You Give Up thread.

 

His wife had posted it to help with remodeling costs and when I originally talked to him, he said he wasn't ready to sell it yet.

 

He ended up reposting it 1.5 months later and increased the price to $500.  I offered $300 and he was glad to accept and I was glad to buy.  :D

 

He said it has about 3hrs of use on it.  Only issue is some surface scratches on the top where he had apparently had items placed on it over the years that he had it.

 

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Not sure what's behind your last row of seats... but I've had my sub on the center of my back wall, right behind my main listening position.

If you could put it back there, it would probably even out the LFE coverage in all of your chairs.

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Change out 2 of the Lascalas for your RF-7iis in your 2 ch system. It will open up floor space and I believe RF-7s are more suited for 7.2 than Lascalas and your 2 ch systerm should sound better.I haven't heard the RF-7s but I have Lascalas and they are very musical.

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Change out 2 of the Lascalas for your RF-7iis in your 2 ch system. It will open up floor space and I believe RF-7s are more suited for 7.2 than Lascalas and your 2 ch systerm should sound better.I haven't heard the RF-7s but I have Lascalas and they are very musical.

 

Hardhead1,

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

As good as the RF-7II's are, the LaScala trio front soundstage is a tough one to beat for HT plus Michael's wife would prefer they stay in the HT room and not out in the family room.  

 

Happy wife, happy life. ;)  :D

 

Bill

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